When to plant pumpkins in Van: 5 June – 4 July

In Van, pumpkin: sow for seedlings from 3 April to 23 May; plant into a greenhouse from 15 May to 4 July; plant out into open ground from 5 June to 4 July.

Pumpkin in Van: soil, season and weather

In Van the soil, not frost, sets the date: the last frost is over around 24 April, but the top 7 cm of soil reaches 18 °C — the minimum on the pumpkin card — only around 5 June, 42 days later.

Last spring frost	24 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 18 °C	5 June, 42 days after the last frost
First autumn frost	29 October, 146 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	75
First harvest, if planted in this window	19 August – 17 September
Days left for picking	71
Daylight	13:32 on 24 April, 14:44 on 5 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 5 days; the driest month, August, has 2 rainy days

The same dates in Van hold for Cucumber, Bell Pepper, Eggplant, Zucchini and Watermelon.

Pumpkin in Van: care after planting

Planted on 5 June: in the first weeks water every 4 days.

Feeding, by the card’s schedule from that day:

26 June — feed: nitrogen

Pests and diseases of pumpkin to watch for:

Dates count from the first planting day of the window above; a later planting moves them by as many days.

Weather in Van during the pumpkin season

About 81 mm of rain falls in the season; August is the driest month (8 mm) and October the wettest (32 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	23.3	11	19	5	14:50
July	27.7	15	11	3	14:36
August	28.2	15.4	8	2	13:41
September	22.6	11	11	2	12:29
October	15.1	4.7	32	6	11:15

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Pumpkin in nearby cities

Around Van, Ganja is 36 days earlier and Erzurum 6 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Yerevan	212 km	29 May – 8 July	7 days earlier
Erzurum	240 km	11 June – 21 June	6 days later
Gyumri	259 km	11 June – 25 June	6 days later
Vanadzor	275 km	23 May – 31 May	13 days earlier
Diyarbakır	282 km	1 May – 31 July	35 days earlier
Ganja	353 km	30 April – 16 August	36 days earlier

Where to buy pumpkin plants and seeds near Van

Buy plants ready to set out from 5 June to 4 July (from 15 May to 4 July for an unheated greenhouse); seed for raising your own is sown from 3 April to 23 May. Within 15 km of Van OpenStreetMap lists 2 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 28 October 2026).

Cheese bazar — market
2 km
Büyük Rus Pazari — market
2 km
meskenler mevsim manavı — farm shop
2 km

Each window starts on the Greenly calendar date and ends on the last day that still leaves the crop’s days to harvest (from its card) before the average first autumn frost, plus six weeks of picking for crops harvested over weeks (tomatoes, peppers, aubergines, cucumbers, courgettes, pumpkins, watermelons, beans) — our rule; earlier in the window is safer.

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